Great Exhibitions London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900

The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London in 1851 was the first of a series of international exhibitions that have continued to the present day. The content of these exhibitions gave nations and individual companies of the world the opportunity to display their specialised skills and present new ideas and products to a much wider public.

This book looks at major international exhibitions held during the nineteenth century and focuses on the important changes taking place at this time, in both society and design. It examines the enormous impact of the Industrial Revolution and how it came to influence the decorative arts, through changes in machinery and scientific methods.